Recently, the Tianjin Municipal Finance Bureau and the Health and Health Commission issued the latest Notice on Adjusting the Examination of Imported Medical Equipment for Government Procurement, in which the relevant requirements are adjusted when the municipal budget units intend to purchase medical equipment that is not restricted by the state. :
Not long ago, the Shandong Provincial Department of Finance recently released the Catalogue of Provincial Government Procurement Imported Products of Shandong Province in 2019, which announced the list of 488 provincial governments allowed to purchase imported medical equipment.
According to the regulations, government procurement should purchase domestic goods, engineering and services. If it is necessary to purchase imported products, it must be examined and demonstrated according to relevant regulations, and can be purchased after approval by the financial department.
This means that in addition to the 488 medical equipment products included in the "Imported Products List", public hospitals need to purchase domestically produced products in government procurement.
Compared with Shandong Province, the provincial government of Shanxi Province allows the purchase of imported products to be relatively small!
The Shanxi Provincial Government Procurement Network released the “List of Provincial Government Procurement Imported Products” (referred to as the “Imported Products List”), of which 67 medical equipment products were included in the list of permitted procurement imports.
This means that in addition to the 67 medical equipment products included in the "Imported Products List", public hospitals need to purchase domestically produced products in government procurement.
As early as 2007, the Ministry of Finance issued a notice on the “Administrative Measures for Government Procurement of Imported Products”, mainly to promote and promote the implementation of independent procurement government procurement policies, and to regulate the government procurement of imported products, and proposed that government procurement should be purchased. Domestic products, if you really need to purchase imported products, implement audit management!
In 2018, the country’s call for support for domestic production reached its peak. As a medical device industry that has long been monopolized by imported brands, it has also become a key area for the country to promote domestic products. The provinces have increased restrictions on the procurement of imported medical products, and in the case that domestic products can meet the same requirements, we must resolutely purchase domestically!
The policy is strong, accelerate the domestic high-end equipment supplies into the hospital
Zhejiang Province
Not long ago, the Zhejiang Provincial Department of Finance also issued the "Notice of the unified demonstration list of medical products purchased by the government in the 2018-2019 (medical equipment category)". At the same time, it published the "List of Unified Arguments for Government Procurement of Imported Products in Zhejiang Province in 2018-2019 (Medical Equipment)".
A total of 232 kinds of medical equipment are allowed to be imported after demonstration. The rest of the medical equipment purchases are required to be domestically produced. If it is necessary to purchase and import, it is necessary to submit an application and pass strict examination and further demonstration.
Moreover, this notice is clearly issued in accordance with the "Notice of Zhejiang Provincial Department of Finance on Further Strengthening the Administration of Imported Products of Government Procurement", which clarifies that the government procurement of imported products should in principle adopt the lowest evaluation price method or the cost-effective method, and must not limit potential domestic production. Similar products participate in the bidding.
Fujian
At the end of last year, the Fujian Provincial Department of Finance issued a notice on the list of provincial-level government procurement of imported products in Fujian Province from 2018 to 2019.
In order to further standardize the government procurement of imported products, simplify the review process, and improve procurement efficiency, we will re-collect imported products to provincial units on the basis of the old list of imported products (閩財購 [2014] No. 21). After the unified argumentation by experts, a new issue of “Provincial Government Procurement Imported Products List” (Draft for Comment) (hereinafter referred to as “List”) was formulated. After the formal implementation of the List, the procurement of imported products in the List does not require the organization of expert argumentation.
That is to say, only the 221 kinds of medical equipment listed in the list are allowed to purchase imports, and the rest need to be purchased domestically.
Sichuan Province
In December last year, the Sichuan Provincial Government Procurement Network issued the Notice of the Sichuan Provincial Department of Finance on Promulgating the List of Provincial Government Procurement Imported Products for 2018-2019.
The list published in the notice clearly states that the procurement of imported medical equipment is reduced from 98 products last year to 44 products. The number of imported products is limited.
Among the list of medical equipment that allows the purchase of imported products, there are 15 types of medical equipment that require "for clinical work, domestic products should be used; for tertiary hospitals for large-scale complex surgery and scientific research, only imported products are allowed to be purchased" .
At the national level, according to the "China Labor Security News" report, the relevant person in charge of the National Health and Health Commission and the netizens exchanged medical equipment online, saying that it is necessary to strictly implement the government procurement law to ensure that financial funds preferentially purchase domestic medical equipment.
According to reports, in order to promote the development and application of domestic medical equipment, the Health and Health Commission will also develop and improve the equipment standards of medical and health institutions, and guide medical and health institutions to configure appropriate medical equipment according to functional positioning.
Looking at the whole country, accelerating the supply of domestic high-end equipment supplies into the hospital has begun to gradually land.
